Kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.)

H. WOOD.

KITCHBN GABINET.

NO. 332,222. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HYLAS WOOD, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,222, dated December 8. 1885.

Application filed March 17, 1885. Serial No. 159,188. (No model.)

To all whom 't may concern:

Be it known that I, HYLAS WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marysville, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Gabinets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing-s.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in kitchen cabinets; and it has for its object to provide a convenient receptacle for fiour or meal, and for the various implements and materials ordinarily employed in the making of bread, and to combine therewith a convenient table for kneading the dough; and to these ends my invention consists in the Construction and arran gement of parts hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cabinet, and Fig. 2 is a transverse Vertical section thereof.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates the main body of the cabinet, which is divided into two compartments, a a', by a horizontal partition, b, the upper compartment, a, inclosed on all its sides, being open only at the top. The front lower portion of this compartment is closed by an inclined partition, a which inclines downward and inward, for the purpose hereinafter described. The lower compartment, a', is open at its front, so that access may be readily had thereto, and is closed by means of the doors c c. The rear wall of the cabinet is extended up higher than the front wall, and the sides, B B, are segmental in front, as clearly shown in the drawings. At each side and immediately over the top of the compartment a are arranged supports d d, on which are nailed or otherwise Secured cleats f indicates a kneading-board sliding in said cleats e e and cover-ing the bin or compartment a. By pulling said board partially out the bin or compartment a is uncovered and access afforded to the flour or meal contained therein. This board also serves as a kneading board or table, on which the dough can be mixed and manipulated, and can be entirely removed, when desired, for the purpose of cleaning the same, or for any other desired purpose.

g indicates a cylinder top or cover of the usual Construction, mounted on arms g', pivoted to the inner sides of the segmental side walls, B B; and said cover may be swung down or back to cover or uncover the kneading-board.

In the top of the cabinet are arranged a series of drawers, h h, in which may be stored articles or materials used in the manufacture of bread. When the cylinder-top is swung back to uncover the kneading-board, it rests under the drawers h h, entirely out of the way. By making the partition a inclined inward and downward, it makes the compartment a trough shaped, allowing the flour or meal to be more readily removed therefrom, while at the same time an additional compartment, a is forned thereby, wherein may be placed the rolling pin, within convenient reach of the hand. The doors c c serve to close both the compartments a' and a I am aware that cabinets have been constructed consisting of lower and upper compartments-the former closed by outwardlyswinging doors, the latter by a sliding kneading-board and a downwardly folding leaf. Such constructi on I do not claim, as when the cabinet is open and the leaf folded downward access to the lower compartments is prevented. This obj ection is overcome by my construction and arrangement of parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desi re to secure by Letters Patent, s-

The herein-dcscribed kitchen-cabinet, comprising the following elements: compartments a' ai closed by the doors c c, the compartment a, open at its top and covered by the sliding kneadingboard f, the inclined partition a, arranged between the compartments a, and a and the cylinder-top g, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HYLAS WOOD.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. RoBINsoN, LEONIDAS PIPER. 

